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KITCHEN-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

Application filed. March 1, 1910. Serial No. 546,637.

bin for flour and similar materials, and so constructed as to admit ofits being readily filled and kept clean. This is eifected primarily bythe employment of an attachment in the nature of a swinging framemovable into and out of the body portion of the bin and adapted tosupport a sack of flour, thereby permitting the sack to be shiftedbodily without appreciable effort into discharging position within thebin directly above the hopper portion thereof, and to be maintained insuch position until its contents have been exhausted. The particularconstruction of this frame and itsspecific relation with respect to thebin present the most import-ant features of the invention, the preferredembodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bin. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and at are,respectively, vertical and horizontal sections taken on the lines 3-3and 474: of Fig. 2. Fig. '5 is a detail perspective view of the sifteremployed in connection with the bin.

Reference being had to said drawings, and to the characters markedthereon, A designates as a whole the body portion of the bin, or binproper; B the hopper portion; C the sack-carrying frame; and D thesifter.

The bin is preferably constructed of sheet metal, its hopper portionbeing formed integral with and as a continuation of the body portion,which latter portion has a general rectangular shape and is bothfrontless and bottomless. There is, however, a door 7 which is hinged tothe front edge of one of the sides of the bin proper and is designed toclose the front thereof under certain conditions. It is held in closedposition by means of any suitable latch.

The hopper is formed with an enlarged or flaring upper portion or mouth8 which opens directly into the body of the bin, the walls of thisportion of the hopper being outwardly inclined, to produce such eifect.The lower portion 9 of the hopper is substantially cylindrical in shapeand the two end walls 10 thereof are provided with alining openings inwhich are journaled the outwardly-bent terminals of the legs of aU-shaped rod 11. The central portion of this rod has a metal plate 12,arcuate in cross section, attached thereto, the degree of convexity ofsaid plate being the same as that of the convex side walls 13 of thehopper, against which walls the plate is arranged to travel during themovements of the rod, such movements being rendered possible by theattachment of an operating handle let to one of the above-mentionedterminals. The plate, moreover, has a width slightly greater than thedistance between the corresponding horizontal edges of the two convexwalls 13, as shown in Fig. 3. The walls last mentioned are formed withdepending parallel extensions 15, and the walls 10 with similarextensions 16, there being provided in addition a flange 17 which islocated at the junction between the front and side walls and theirrespective extensions.

The sifter D is designed for attachment to the discharge end of thehopper, and its rectangular framework 18 is of such a size as to enableit to be fitted snugly upon the neck produced by the several extensionsabove referred to, the upper edges of the front and side walls of theframework fitting between the corresponding extensions and the flange,which latter overhangs said edges. The front and rear walls of thisframework are directly connected to the extensions 16 by means offastening devices of any preferred type. The bottom of the sifter isformed in the usual manner by a strip of wire gauze 19 and across suchstrip the spiral working portion of an agitator 20 is arranged formovement, said agitator having its operating or handle portionprojecting through an opening formed in the front Wall of the framework18.

The frame C, which presents the most important features of theinvention, as already stated, comprises a pair of counterpart triangularwire members 21, the opposite ends of whose bases are connected together by wires 22, the central portions of the legs of each memberbeing likewise connected together by a wire 23. Each triangular memberis formed at its apex with an eye 24, and each rod 23 is similarlyprovided at its center with an eye 25. The frame as a whole has a hingeconnection 26 with the upper edge of the front wall of the hopper mouth8, so as to admit of its being swung bodily into and out of the interiorof the bin body. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) During its outward movement, theframe is inverted, as will be apparent, and at the limit of suchmovement its eyes 24L will rest upon the table 27 or other supportdirectly above which the bin is suspended by means of the perforatedlugs 28 formed upon the rear upper edge thereof. The front legs of thetwo frame members 21 are further connected together by a pair ofhorizontal rods 29 and 30 which are curved to conform to the shape ofthe filled sack 31 to be moved into the bin, the degree of curvature ofone of said rods being considerably greater than that of the other. Thebottom end of such sack is designed to be engaged by the hooks 82 formedupon a rod 33, the terminals of which are supported in either the eyes24 or the eyes 25, according to the size of the sack. The frame itselfis supported in position within the bin by means of lugs 3 L whichproject laterally inward from the lower edges of the side and rear wallsof the bin body, as shown, the base wires of the two frame members 21and the rear connecting wire 22 being designed to rest upon said lugs.(See Fig. 2.) If deemed expedient, there may also be provided a guardplate 35 which likewise connects the lower ends of the front legs of thetwo frame members together. This plate is preferably bowed and serves toprevent escape of the flour or other material when the door 7 is open.

In filling the bin, it is only necessary, after the frame C has beenmoved outwardly thereof, to properly position the hooked rod 33, andthen to place the sack, mouth upward, between the two frame members, sothat its bottom will be engaged by the hooks 32 and one side will restagainst one or both of the curved rods, according to the size of thesack. If, then, the frame be swung into the interior of the bin, it willcarry the sack with it, and support the same directly over the mouth ofthe hopper in position to discharge the contents thereof into saidhopper, the mouth of the sack having preferably been opened prior to itsmovement into the bin. It will be apparentytherefore, that owing to thefact that the sack is supported entirely by the frame, which latter hasa hinged connection with the bin, the movement of the sack into the binmay be effected with but little effort, as opposed to that heretoforenecessary where the sack was lifted manually into position to dischargeits contents into the open top of the bin. Furthermore, the interior ofthe bin is maintained in a much cleaner state than was ordinarily thecase, since the flour or other material is discharged directly into thehopper rather than against the walls of the bin, owing to the fact thatthe mouth of the sack projects a slight distance into that of thehopper, such construction also serving to maintain the material itselfin a clean state.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination, with a storage receptacle, of a carrier arranged formovement into a position wholly within the receptacle, and adapted toconvey a sack with it into such position, said carrier including spacedconnected sides provided with pairs of alining eyes and a hookedsack-supporting rod having its ends arranged for interchangeableengagement in said eyes.

2. The combination, with a storage receptacle, of a sack carrier hingedat its lower end to said receptacle for movement into a position whollytherewithin, said carrier comprising spaced skeleton sides provided attheir upper ends with alining eyes, and intermediate its ends withcross-pieces having alining eyes, rods connecting said sides, and ahooked sack-supporting rod having its ends arranged for interchangeableengagement in said eyes. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER V. MACON.

Witnesses i M. L. BUCKNER, R. M. WILLIAMS.

